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TIL that broccoli is ‘man-made’ through the breeding of different cabbage crops.

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WDgd TIL the warning tones played before an Emergency Alert Broadcast contain information and automatically activate the system by audio alone. Playback of the recorded tones (like in an an ad) over TV or radio can kick the actual system online, resulting in heavy fines.
ZrOo TIL that in 1971, the U.S. left a memorial on the Moon for every astronaut who died in the pursuit of space exploration, including Russian Cosmonauts
p8ZbO TIL about Aimo Koivunen, who overdosed on methamphetamine in WW2 while evading Soviet forces and ended up skiing 100km during the night losing his squad, ammunition and food supplies
epMyg TIL that the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini, Alessandra Mussolini, was a J-Pop singer for a while and has an album which was sold for £4,500 GBP (£10,000,000 ITL) in 2000.
m7Wp TIL a pilot bet his co-pilot he could land their passenger jet blind, going against air traffic controls suggestion for a visual approach, the plan crashed resulting in 70 deaths and only 24 survivors.